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Austin Film Festival 2013 Jury Award Winners incl ‘FILM OXV: THE MANUAL’, ‘BESIDE STILL WATERS’, ‘POLITICAL BODIES’

OXV: THE MANUAL

Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced its 2013 Jury Award Winners as well as Screenplay and Teleplay Competition winners. The Dark Matters Jury Award, awarding the best film from horror, sci-fi, or dark thriller genres, was featured for the first time ever and wen to writer/director Darren Paul Fisher for his film OXV: THE MANUAL. In addition, the Narrative Feature Jury award was given to first time writer/director, Chris Lowell for his film BESIDE STILL WATERS, and the Documentary Feature Jury Award went to director Christopher Englese, for his film POLITICAL BODIES.

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, DELIVERY, MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Among Winners of 2013 Twin Cities Film Fest

Indie Vision Award: DELIVERY directed by Brian Netto

The 2013 Twin Cities Film Fest which ran October 17 to 26, singled out eight films for awards at this year’s festival, including AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, which walked away with the festival’s coveted Best Feature Film award and the indie horror film DELIVERY won the festival’s inaugural “Indie Vision Award.” The festival audience voted MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, starring Idris Elba, the TCFF Audience Award (feature), and the Mason Makram short THE FIRST DATE with the TCFF Audience Award (short).

European Film Academy Reveals First 2013 Winners

FILL THE VOID (LEMALE ET HA’HALAL)

The European Film Academy announces the first winners in the categories cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, composer and sound design who will be honored at this year’s 26th European Film Awards. The 26th European Film Awards Ceremony. will take place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Berlin on Saturday, December 7, 2013.

“ILO ILO” “GOD LOVES UGANDA” Leads 2013 Philadelphia Film Festival Jury Award Winners

ILO ILO ILO ILO

The 22nd Philadelphia Film Festival announced the 2013 Jury Award winners; ILO ILO won the award for Best Narrative Feature Film, and GOD LOVES UGANDA won the award for Best Documentary Feature Film. Set in the late 1990s, the moving relationship between a rebellious Singaporean boy and his new Filipino nanny is lovingly captured in director Anthony Chen’s ILO ILO, winner of the Camera d’Or for Best First Feature at 2013 Cannes. In GOD LOVES UGANDA, the effects of the American evangelical fundamentalist movement on the religious and political climate of Uganda are scrutinized in this eye-opening documentary by Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams.

Roman Polanski & Director Frank Simon’s WEEKEND OF A CHAMPION, Gets A November 2013 Release Date | TRAILER

Frank Simon’s documentary WEEKEND OF A CHAMPION, described as an entertaining vérité look at world champion driver Sir Jackie Stewart as Roman Polanski follows his attempt to win the Monaco Grand Prix will be released in the US by Submarine Deluxe. WEEKEND OF A CHAMPION which had its world premiere at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival, will be released theatrically across the country beginning November 22ndin NYC, with a nationwide rollout to follow.

Film Review: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN

On paper, the behind the scenes story being pushed about this joint North Korean-U.S. production is extraordinary: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN is a film that took six years to make and was a historical first-ever collaboration between North Korea and a U.S. film company. The film was actually shot in North Korea with a North Korean cast and crew and was written and produced by Joon Bai, who was born in North Korea but immigrated to the United States in 1959, and starting in the late 1990s has made dozens of humanitarian trips to North Korea. He decided to make this film to spread his message of the suffering people of North Korea and their hopes for reunification.

New Indie Films, Documentaries in Theaters This Weekend Friday October 25, 2013

This weekend is a quiet one at the art house cinemas in terms of new releases, with only one major indie release coming out, this year’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR. It’s a great weekend then to catch up on other releases that might be expanding into your area or you just couldn’t see on its opening weekend.

WINTER IN THE BLOOD, NEBRASKA Among Finalists for 2013 Twin Cities Film Fest Awards

WINTER IN THE BLOOD

The Twin Cities Film Fest announced 16 finalists for its coveted slate of awards. The festival, which continues to screen films through Saturday evening at Kerasotes Showplace ICON Theatres, will announce its seven award winners at a Closing Night Gala following the Saturday screening of “NOTHING WITHOUT YOU” – a thriller that features local actress Emily Fradenburgh in a performance deemed “one of the most impressive I’ve ever seen” by TCFF Artistic Director Steve Snyder.

12 YEARS A SLAVE Leads 2013 Gotham Independent Film Awards Nominations

12 YEARS A SLAVE

The nominees for the 23rd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards by IFP were announced today and 12 YEARS A SLAVE lead with three nominations followed by BLUE CAPRICE, CONCUSSION, FRUITVALE STATION, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, and UPSTREAM COLOR with two nominations each. The Gotham Awards is one of the leading awards for independent film and signals the kick-off to the film awards season. For 2013, the seven competitive awards include Best Feature, Best Actress (presenting sponsor euphoria Calvin Klein), Best Actor, Best Documentary, the Audience Award, Breakthrough Actor, and Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director.

2013 Boston Film Festival to Open Friday, Oct 25; Announces Lineup

AT MIDDLETON starring Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga, and directed by Adam Rodgers

The 29th Boston Film Festival kicks off on Friday, October 25th and runs through Sunday, October 27th, 2013, featuring films screening in Theatre 1 at the Revere Hotel Boston Common. The festival opens with “AT MIDDLETON” starring Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga, and directed by Adam Rodgers. “AT MIDDLETON” focuses on Edith (Farmiga) a strong-willed and successful business woman taking her 18 year-old daughter on a tour of potential colleges and George (Garcia) a buttoned-up heart surgeon taking his 18 year-old sonon a similar tour. Their paths cross at Middleton College and begins the story of two people who, through a remarkable, unexpected connection, are able to glimpse the potential that true romance can offer. The festival includes two locally shot films”SIREN” and “GEORGE OF THE CENTER” highlighted in the festival’s Massachusetts focus.

Thriller “INNOCENCE” to World Premiere at 2013 Austin Film Festival | TRAILER

“INNOCENCE,” a supernatural thriller set in a New York prep school will have its World Premiere at the 2013 Austin Film Festival. The fim is described as a chilling allegory of the precarious state of the American teenager, and the film explore themes of loss, the human condition and a society torn between purity and narcissism.

Spanish Dark Comedy “LA NAVAJA DE DON JUAN” to World Premiere at 2013 Austin Film Festival | TRAILER

The action-packed, Spanish-language dark comedy “LA NAVAJA DE DON JUAN” will World Premiere at the upcoming 2013 Austin Film Festival, with screenings at the Rollins Theater at the Long Center for Performing Arts on Sunday, October 27th at 7PM, and a second screening on Thursday, October 31st. “LA NAVAJA DE DON JUAN is described as a “Superbad”-meets-“Y Tu Mamá También”, coming-of-age story set in Lima, Peru follows two rivaling brothers who attempt to outwit their meddling Grandmother and several other obstacles in order to attend a house party, where the younger brother hopes the night will end with the loss of his virginity.

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